Re: VNC on a 475

2002-03-31 Thread Phil Beesley
On Saturday, March 30, 2002, at 08:30 pm, Mark Benson wrote: Is there a free DHCP server for the Mac. I want to set my LC475, which runs 24/7 as a webserver and now a DNS, as a DHCP server to save me having to set all my machines up by hand. Also is there any chance of serving VNC or

up and running

2002-03-31 Thread flawed jai
well..my little home for orphaned 68K's seems to be up and running. my first IIfx, Big Frankie(Francis Xavier) finally lent his mailorder bride Effie (the second IIfx, an ebay win) his video card, and she came out of her shook -up experience on her trip west and was finally able to see straight

Mac / PC Printer Sharing

2002-03-31 Thread Glenn McGaha Miller
Hi Folks: Let me openly admit that I am a PC interloper and know nothing about Macs except what I've learned through the 'net and lurking on lists like this. So those of you with a low tolerance for ignorance, read no further. That having been said, what I'm trying to accomplish is to make a

Re: Color Classic Upgraded Questions..

2002-03-31 Thread Terry Mathews
Dunno, maybe 8.0 requires a 640x480 monitor. I've never tried using a 512x384 monitor on it. Possibly, you might have to do the resolution mod on your CC... Terry Turns out the unit has a 575 upgrade in it, ethernet and modem combo card (I think) 36 Megs of RAM and a 1 Gig drive. But the

Re: Color Classic Upgraded Questions..

2002-03-31 Thread Mark Benson
On Sunday, March 31, 2002, at 06:35 PM, Terry Mathews wrote: Dunno, maybe 8.0 requires a 640x480 monitor. I've never tried using a 512x384 monitor on it. Possibly, you might have to do the resolution mod on your CC... It does IIRC. The last version of Mac OS that *really* ran on CCs was

Re: Color Classic Upgraded Questions..

2002-03-31 Thread Scott Holder
At 12:35 PM 3/31/2002 -0500, you wrote: Dunno, maybe 8.0 requires a 640x480 monitor. I've never tried using a 512x384 monitor on it. Possibly, you might have to do the resolution mod on your CC... Out of the box 8.0/8.1 won't do 512x384. There are some resedit hacks that can be done (seen on

Re: Cd-rom identification help.

2002-03-31 Thread the pickle
At 10:22 -0500 on 29/03/02, John Carrell Swanson wrote: Any body know what speed the apple CR-505-C Evaluation model cd-rom dirve is. I doubt anybody will but felt like asking. Any other identifying information? Like a copyright date, or anything? My preliminary guess is 2x, but it *might*

Re: Mode32 Extension - please update or remove

2002-03-31 Thread the pickle
At 15:40 + on 30/03/02, Mark Benson wrote: actually meant to post it to the Compacts List. We are trying to stamp out r at least the use and distribution of Mode32 1.2 and similar 'preciate the effort. Was going to do the same thing myself. versions in order to protect users from it's

Re: 12 640x480 hack Re: Origin...

2002-03-31 Thread the pickle
At 17:38 -0800 on 28/03/02, Gregg Eshelman wrote: --- Mark Benson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm interested in the 640x480 hack for the 12 RGB screen. Is it easily doable, or un-doable? I don't have the URL to the site handy. Someone here probably does. I haven't tried it on my 12 RGB. The

Re: Performa 460

2002-03-31 Thread the pickle
At 17:45 -0500 on 30/03/02, James E Freeland wrote: System appears to be a little faster, but can't be certain. Test scores are higher. Benchmarks are probably the only place you'll *really* notice it. Anybody use an LCIII+ with OS 7.6 on it? and what is the performance? Slow, just like any

Re: Color Classic Upgraded Questions..

2002-03-31 Thread the pickle
At 13:53 -0500 on 31/03/02, Scott Holder wrote: At 12:35 PM 3/31/2002 -0500, you wrote: Dunno, maybe 8.0 requires a 640x480 monitor. I've never tried using a 512x384 monitor on it. Possibly, you might have to do the resolution mod on your CC... Out of the box 8.0/8.1 won't do 512x384. There are

Re: 12 640x480 hack Re: Origin...

2002-03-31 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- the pickle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The incredibly hard part is the re-wiring of the video cable to that of a VGA monitor/connector. That's the part where I gave up, because I didn't need to put my 12 RGBs to work *that* badly... the pickle Awww, just get a male and a female DB15

Re: Color Classic Upgraded Questions..

2002-03-31 Thread Gregg Eshelman
On Sunday, March 31, 2002, at 06:35 PM, Terry Mathews wrote: Dunno, maybe 8.0 requires a 640x480 monitor. I've never tried using a 512x384 monitor on it. Possibly, you might have to do the resolution mod on your CC... Installing a 575 board into a CC without doing the 640x480 mod is

Re: VNC on a 475

2002-03-31 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- Phil Beesley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I ran VNC Server briefly on a Powermac 6100 but the experience is not one that I would recommend. VNC works brilliantly on Windows and Unix boxes but the port for classic Mac OS (both PPC and 68K) has never had enough work done on it. YMMV.

Re: 12 640x480 hack Re: Origin...

2002-03-31 Thread the pickle
At 14:01 -0800 on 31/03/02, Gregg Eshelman wrote: --- the pickle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The incredibly hard part is the re-wiring of the video cable to that of a VGA monitor/connector. That's the part where I gave up, because I didn't need to put my 12 RGBs to work *that* badly... the

Re: 12 640x480 hack Re: Origin...

2002-03-31 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- the pickle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 14:01 -0800 on 31/03/02, Gregg Eshelman wrote: --- the pickle [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The incredibly hard part is the re-wiring of the video cable to that of a VGA monitor/connector. That's the part where I gave up, because I didn't

that IIfx RAM by wizard

2002-03-31 Thread flawed jai
wizard--I'm following this discussion with interest. while i do not understand every last thing you are talking about, i had never heard of converting the RAM on a IIfx before. i gather that you are studying the structure of how the RAM cips and pins were designed for the IIfx and coming to the

Re: 12 640x480 hack Re: Origin...

2002-03-31 Thread Mark Benson
I was initially discouraged but it now seems you can do it in a double-ended DB-15 housing without opening the monitor right (Gregg)? This'd be ideal because, although I fancy doing the mod, I don't want to 'blemish' this perfect little LC set that my dad so kindly got for me :). If you have

Re: Mode32 Extension - please update or remove

2002-03-31 Thread Mark Benson
On Saturday, March 30, 2002, at 11:09 PM, the pickle wrote: At 15:40 + on 30/03/02, Mark Benson wrote: actually meant to post it to the Compacts List. We are trying to stamp out r at least the use and distribution of Mode32 1.2 and similar 'preciate the effort. Was going to do the

Re: that IIfx RAM by wizard

2002-03-31 Thread Mark Benson
On Monday, April 1, 2002, at 12:13 AM, flawed jai wrote: if you succeed, i would be fascinated to hear what worked. i have 2 iifx's, and until i read your discussion i was resigned to jsut accepting that they are strange beasts that need to be fed a delicate diet. now i'm hoping maybe they

Re: 12 640x480 hack Re: Origin...

2002-03-31 Thread the pickle
At 14:46 -0800 on 31/03/02, Gregg Eshelman wrote: the old plug off and solder up the new. If you can't find that sort of plug for cheap then you must live in the backwoods someplace where they don't even have a Radio Shack. I've even seen some PC joystick Ratty Shark doesn't sell them. I've

Memory on IIfx

2002-03-31 Thread jpero
Here's Wizard again, Sorry, to make some confusion on previous emails. The IIfx uses 8 or 9 bit wide data per stick. Like IIci, it has solder pads for parity chipset. Mine has no parity chip installed so memory are 8 bit for each memory stick. The chips on the 64 pin simms proved that.

Problems with Asantetalk Localtalk-Ethernet adapter

2002-03-31 Thread Scott Holder
Hey folks, have a somewhat weird one. Suddenly my Asante Localtalk-Ethernet box isn't working anymore. I see the activity lights blinking, and when I click Appleshare on either my Mac with Ethernet (alternatively a PB 520 or B2) or the serialed Mac, I see both the activity lights on the box

Re: SCSI, DMA, performance: IIfx vs other Macs.

2002-03-31 Thread jpero
At 19:22 + on 31/03/02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now, Question of the day: What other Macs that does have this DMA supported and high performance SCSI chipsets besides this IIfx? None of them, AFAIK. Throws up hands and exclaims: that makes sense! Very strange for apple to hobble

Re: SCSI, DMA, performance: IIfx vs other Macs.

2002-03-31 Thread the pickle
At 19:49 + on 31/03/02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a utility to copy ROM to RAM for most Macs including this IIfx? Peecees are by default on quality 386 boards and 486 by There was one that would do it for PPCs, but I don't think anyone ever wrote a 68K version, and I have my

Re: Performa 460

2002-03-31 Thread rlf9
Subject: Re: Performa 460 From: Mark Benson [EMAIL PROTECTED] In-Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-Id: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anybody use an LCIII+ with OS 7.6 on it? and what is the performance? I used 7.5.5 on my III+ for a time and it was dog slow. 7.6.1 is not much different and will only

Re: Cd-rom identification help.

2002-03-31 Thread John Carrell Swanson
It is copyrighted 1996. Firmware 6.0D At 10:22 -0500 on 29/03/02, John Carrell Swanson wrote: Any body know what speed the apple CR-505-C Evaluation model cd-rom dirve is. I doubt anybody will but felt like asking. Any other identifying information? Like a copyright date, or anything? My

Re: adding FPU

2002-03-31 Thread Oscar Booker
Sort of like when Thrift stores put stupidly high prices on old PCs and then sell G4 accelerated Macs for $12 because they don't know what they are :) Scott Holder S! ;-) __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Greetings - send holiday greetings for

Re: Cd-rom identification help.

2002-03-31 Thread James S Jones
The CR-507-C is a Matsushita-made, Apple-branded 12X SCSI CD-ROM drive. The CR-506-C is a 8X drive used in the 8500s. Logically, I'd guess it's a 4X drive in the same series. The 507 and 506 actually specify the speed on the drive label. It's odd the 505 doesn't. Have you tried using it? The

Re: Who buys a $60 68882? Re: adding FPU

2002-03-31 Thread Joost van de Griek
On 2002-03-31 7:39, Gregg Eshelman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Do we have any clue where the 'other' market is ... the one that _is_ willing to pay $60 for this FPU? Embedded systems*. Lots of that stuff made new but still using generations old chips because they don't need all that

ROM shadowing Re: SCSI, DMA, performance: IIfx vs other Macs.

2002-03-31 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a utility to copy ROM to RAM for most Macs including this IIfx? Peecees are by default on quality 386 boards and 486 by default onwards. Would be nice to do this also for video card firmware shadowed to ram. Actually in recent years the trend

Re: that IIfx RAM by wizard

2002-03-31 Thread Gregg Eshelman
--- flawed jai [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: wizard--I'm following this discussion with interest. while i do not understand every last thing you are talking about, i had never heard of converting the RAM on a IIfx before. i gather that you are studying the structure of how the RAM cips and